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Only 100,000 cartons of potentially as many as 3,000,000 actually shipped during the time frame in question will actually be affected by this end of season "Hail Mary" by Importer Splendid Products ...Recalling roughly 3% of all mangoes shipped is hardly "An abundance of caution"

The "Good News", (if you can call it that), is that Larry Nienkirk has finally realized he and his company have a Crisis on their hands and have hired a Disaster Management consultant.

A voluntary recall of one million mangoes that may be contaminated with Salmonella could affect Arizona.According to CNN, the recalled mangoes were sold in Costco, Whole Foods and Kroger stores, which have locations in Arizona, and Save Mart Supermarkets, Food 4 Less, Ralph's, Topco stores, El Super, Giant-Eagle, Stop & Shop and Aldi stores that do not have Arizona locations.

Ernest Ponders How to Steer a Client Out of Disaster
Ernest DelBuono, SVP, and Richard Levick, Esq., President & CEO, brainstorm the next step for a corporate client in crisis. The Crisis team works to anticipate the next big catastrophe in Richard's office in Washington, DC. 09:05 AM - Friday, July 20. 2012. North America

Prior to joining Levick, DelBuono served as press assistant to Thad Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, and public affairs officer to the federal on-scene coordinator during the Exxon Valdez oil spill response. He also served as deputy director of the Federal Joint Information Center for Hurricane Andrew and was a member of the United States delegation to the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization in London.

Up to 1 million mangoes are being recalled voluntarily because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, as a preventive measure in the wake of 103 infections nationwide, a food distributor announced Thursday.

The mangoes bear the Daniella brand sticker with one of the following PLU numbers: 3114, 4051, 4311, 4584 or 4959, said Splendid Products of Burlingame, California.

IMO NOTE:Splendid Products claims to have issued a voluntary recall of DANIELLA mangoes "Out of an abundance of caution"on August 26, 2012.Yet several press reports including the one that follows, claim that the mangoes in question were sold for three days after the recall through August 29, 2012 ...

Fruit Company Recalls Mangoes With Salmonella Risk

WASHINGTON August 30, 2012 (AP)

Federal health officials are telling Americans to avoid Daniella mangoes distributed by a Northern California fruit distributor because they may be contaminated with salmonella that has already sickened more than 100 people in 16 states.

The Food and Drug Administration issued the warning Thursday after Burlingame, Calif.-based Splendid Products recalled five lots of mangoes imported from Mexico. The mangoes carry the Daniella brand sticker with the lot numbers: 3114, 4051, 4311, 4584 or 4959. The FDA says consumers should not eat the fruit and throw it away, if they have any.

Colorado health officials warned Thursday a mango recall of fruit sickening people in Canada is also a threat here, and urged consumers to return or throw out the products.

The Denver Post

Mangoes in nationwide recall

Mangoes from Splendid Products in California are linked to the Canada salmonella cases, under the Daniella Brand, and may be linked to cases in California and other states. There have been no illnesses linked to mangoes in Colorado, said the state Department of Public Health and Environment.

Colorado released the list of recalled mangoes.

“Identified by the Daniella brand stickers and one of the following PLU numbers: 3114, 4051, 4311, 4584 or 4959.

The mangoes were sold to major retailers and wholesalers nationwide, including Costco, Kroger and some Whole Foods stores. The mangoes were sold at various retail store…

Spokane Produce, Inc., is voluntarily recalling a small lot run of Pineapple/Mango Pico de Gallo beca use it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella braenderup. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

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(Reuters) - Tropical storm Isaac is expected to weaken further as it heads north on Thursday, after causing significant damage to the U.S. Gulf Coast but nothing on the scale of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005.

The former Category One hurricane was likely to become a tropical depression on Thursday, and could still bring heavy rain and floods as it moved across the center of the country over the next few days, the National Hurricane Center said.

As Isaac ebbs, probes should show an elaborate flood containment plan developed for low-lying New Orleans survived its first major test, seven years to the day after Katrina laid waste to the city and killed more than 1,80…